Italy U17 1-0 Burkina Faso U17: Italy set up historic Semi-Final against Austria

Italy have reached the Under-17 World Cup semi-final for the first time in 38 years and will face Austria after eliminating Burkina Faso 1-0.

2025 U17 World Cup

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Match Report

Federico Steffanoni forced an early save, Simone Lontani was denied by a desperate Fadil Barro tackle, and Benit Borasio drilled just wide from distance.

However, there were also big scares for Italy, as Mohamed Zongo was twice denied a goal by the frame of the goal, first hitting the upright, then onto the crossbar on the rebound after Alessandro Longoni parried the initial Alassana Bagayogo counter-attack.

Samuele Inacio and Bagayogo forced saves after the restart, then Luca Reggiani had the ball in the net only after wandering offside on the rebound from Thomas Campaniello’s attempt.

The Nazionale finally broke the deadlock on 83 minutes when goalkeeper Rahim Ouattara made a mess of his clearance, allowing Campaniello to pounce at the near post.

Line-ups

Italy U17 XI: Alessandro Longoni, Simone Lontani, Iddrisa Dauda Amihere, Luca Reggiani, Benit Borasio, Samuele Inácio, Federico Steffanoni, Vincenzo Prisco, Antonio Arena, Andrea Luongo, Jean Mambuku

Subs: Leonardo Bovio, Thomas Campaniello, Sebastiano Nava, Fabio Pandolfi, Cristiano De Paoli, Francesco Cereser, Alessio Baralla, Valerio Maccaroni, Destiny Elimoghale, David Marini

Burkina Faso U17 XI: Ousmane Ouedraogo, Asharaf Loukman Tapsoba, Fadil Barro, Mikael Coulibaly, Issouf Dabo, Alassana Bagayogo, Cherif Barro, Ismael Zalle, Rahim Ouattara, Muhammad Zongo, Eddie Kogo

Subs: Moumine Ouédraogo, Mohamed Fofana, Prince Ouédraogo, Latif Diaby, Halidou Diakité, Yaya Sagnon, Eric Ouattara, Issouf Sangare, Moussa Togola, Mohamed Kabore